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From baby’s first year to their first day of school and everything in between (and beyond), we cover topical, timely, and important parenting topics to keep you well-informed (and entertained) in these difficult modern times.

5 Smart Ways to Discipline that Will Help Change Your Child's Behavior

5 Smart Ways to Discipline that Will Help Change Your Child’s Behavior

Finding the most effective way of disciplining your child can be challenging. What works for one child might not work for another, depending on personality, age, and your general parenting style. Like most parenting decisions, it’s up to you and your family to determine what tools make the most sense to use.

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You *Can* Practice Self Care When You’re at Home with the Kids: Here Are 6 Tips to Get Started

You *Can* Practice Self-Care When You’re at Home with the Kids: Here Are 6 Tips to Get Started

We all know it’s good for your mental health if you can get some time to yourself during the day. But, of course, that’s easier said than done. Between watching the kids, getting meals ready, trying to keep the house clean, staying on top of your work and fitting in sleep once in awhile, it can be hard to imagine being able to carve out additional time for self-care. The good news: You don’t need to take too much time to yourself to notice a big difference in how you’re feeling.

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Actress Hayden Panettiere Turns Social Media Public and Shares Rare Photos of Her 5-Year-Old Daughter

Actress Hayden Panettiere Turns Social Media Public and Shares Rare Photos of Her 5-Year-Old Daughter

In celebration of her daughter’s fifth birthday, Hayden Panettiere is sharing never-before-seen photos of her little girl. On June 8, Panettiere revealed that she decided to make a public Instagram page in order to connect with her fans. “Hello everyone! Finally posting publicly. [I] hope everyone is staying healthy and safe,” Panettiere wrote. RELATED: Hayden

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White Parents Must Have 'The Talk' With Their Children: Here Are Three Ways to Start

White Parents Must Have ‘The Talk’ With Their Children: Here Are Three Ways to Start

I’ve been a communication professor for 9 years, and one of my favorite courses to teach is Intercultural Communication. During the first week of class, I open a conversation about culture and race by asking my students to discuss their racial identity. As we make our way around the room, what tends to happen is my white students get noticeably uncomfortable when I ask, “What is your race, and what does it mean to you?” It is tough for them to say, “I am white,” and even daunting to discuss what their whiteness means to them.

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Money Issues: Would It Be Wrong to Tell My Child's Father to Keep Him for the Summer Due to Financial Problems?

Would It Be Wrong to Tell My Child’s Father to Keep Him for the Summer Due to Financial Problems?

A mom writes in asking for advice about her son and her son’s father, whom she is no longer with. She says that she has not been together with her son’s father for a long time; they did not work out as a couple. According to this mom, she eventually lost primary custody of her son, who elected to live with his father after being “showered” with gifts. She was supposed to have her son this summer, but her ex refuses to provide any financial support, even for groceries for their son, when she has them, which puts this mom in a financially impossible situation.

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Amber Dorsey: Raising Black Children Amid a Pandemic and Worldwide Protests: No Parenting Book Could Have Prepared Me for This New World

No Parenting Book Could Have Prepared Me for Being a Black Mom Raising Black Children Amid a Pandemic and Worldwide Protests

When you first have kids, you read all the books (or not) on what to expect, and as you raise them, you talk to other parents and compare notes on milestones and mood swings, techniques, and terrible twos and more.

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Man Admits To Internet He Got Vasectomy But Hasn't Told Wife

Man Admits To Internet He Is ‘Trying’ For Child With Current Wife, Ex Knows Why They Aren’t Pregnant Yet

One woman has been trying to get pregnant for a while but unbeknownst to her, her husband had a vasectomy years prior — and only his ex-wife knows **gasp**–!

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